So mom and I are counting carbs. Reason? She’s been recently diagnosed with diabetes and we’re trying to regulate it with diet and exercise. Why am I doing it? Because I’m a good daughter. The schedule we are using is for a 1800 calorie day, which is on the lose weight end of the scale. I swear its going to kill me. I’m starving. We just had dinner and half a bag was about 50 carbs so I could technically have something with 10 carbs and not be over the limit – but that would be a chocolate chip cookie and we’re out of them. Mom at the last one a couple of days ago. I’m switching from fruit juice to flavored waters (with Splenda, which means they have no carbs). I’d go water but I can’t stand the stuff. I hate the taste and I hate the way its easily changed to a metallic or chemical taste. I may be investing in a Sam’s Club membership so I can buy it in bulk – its cheaper that way. Unless I can get around to see my father more often and use his membership. But I don’t see that happening. So, no more fruit juice. Well, unless I want to use my carb choices on those and then I get less to eat. So, no more fruit juice. I’m going to have to learn to like diet coke – again, no carbs in the diet but carbs in the regular. *sigh* I’m not a fan of the taste of diet anything. Although I can handle Sierra Mist Free. I wonder if I could drink that. Not that they have it in any restaurants, but I could at least have it at home. Who knows. Maybe I’ll become aclimated to the diet stuff and not miss the real stuff. Yeah, right. I guess anything is possible, though. I just figured out that my milk that I use for my fiber shakes doesn’t count as carbs because you subtract dietary fiber from carbs when you’re counting them – which means they are actually negative carbs, if that’s possible. But that at least is something good. Hmm…I’m hungry. Since protein and fats don’t count when you’re carb counting, I could have something like eggs. Or maybe a hot dog. I think a hot dog roll is only one carb choice so I could have that. I’ll have to take that into consideration. Or I can just suffer. Or have some of that juice. Or since its getting later anyways, have my milk and pills and start prepping for bed. Maybe in a little bit – I’m chatting with howetoknit now. But yes, I know carb count. Fun, isn’t it?

Well, I tried to get to church today. I got all showered and did my hair and make up. I wore one of my new dresses. I left early. Yet it was all in vain because when the service started I was still sitting on the parkway West, at least an hour away from my goal. Well, it would have been at least an hour because of the traffic. See, its a busy weekend here in town. There is a huge country concert (one I would have loved to see), the annual arts festival, and a major highway closure. It took me 45 minutes to get from my house to the top of Greentree hill, which is about 10 to 15 minutes away normally (depending on traffic, that is). At that point I gave up, took the exit and turned around to go home. I was not a happy camper. I haven’t been in church lately thanks to this whole Terry mess and my stupid nerves and I was really looking forward to seeing people. Although, it would have been crazy with the new interns in for the summer camp. I think that starts the 18th, but they have training for two weeks before that. So that’s an extra half dozen or so people added on with the craziness that normally is there. So yes, I’m disappointed. I’m not going next week because I’m going to the baseball game with my father and his fiance next weekend. Good seats, too. And I need to find out if we’re having Bible study this week. I hope so. It would be good to see people.